Frontsheet 2 - Germany
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When was Stressemann appointed Chancellor?
August 1923
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Name the ways Stressemann stabilised the economy 1923-1929.
Ended passive resistance. Issued a new currency (rentenmark). Balanced the budget by cutting expenditure and raising taxes. 1924 Dawes Plan. 1929 Young Plan.
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What did strikes reduce to 1924-1926?
1973 to 351
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How many dwellings were built in 1925?
178,930
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How much did wages increase in 1927?
9%
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What did unemployment increase to 1925-1926?
1 million to 3 million
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Who did not benefit from Stresemann's reforms?
Mittlestand and farmers.
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What was the 1924 social welfare reform?
Public Assistance system
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What year was the state accidence insurance system introduced?
1925
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What was the 1927 social welfare reform?
National unemployment insurance system
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How many war veterans was the state supporting in 1926?
800,000
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What evidence shows there was a 'new woman' in Germany?
Weimar had given them voting rights and education. War brought women into paid employment. In 1925, 36% of the workforce were women. Divorce rates increased. In 1930, there were 1 million abortions. Women in politics e.g. Clara Zetkin.
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What evidence shows there was not a 'new woman'?
1896 Civil Code still stood. The BDF has 900,000 members - supported traditional family values. Women had to leave their jobs so ex-soldiers could find work. Paid much less than men. Abortion still a criminal offence. No female reps in Reichstag.
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What % of unemployed were 14-21 in 1926?
14%
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Name a youth clique.
Farmer's Fear
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What was Realschule?
Provided 6 years of education to go into apprenticeships
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Who were the Wandervogel?
A youth group who rejected middle-class social conventions
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Name 3 political youth groups.
Hitler Youth, Social Democrat Youth Movement, Young Communist League
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Name a Jewish newspaper.
Berliner Tageblatt
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Name an influential Jew and his role.
Walter Rathenau - was made Foreign Minister in 1922
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What % of lawyers and doctors were Jewish?
16% of lawyers, 11% of doctors
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How many nobel prizes were awarded to Jews?
9/38
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Name an Architecture school.
Dessau
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Name a writer who used expressionism.
Thomas Mann
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Name a famous director and one of his films.
Fritz Lang - the Blue Angel
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How much did the number of KPD deputies increase from 1920-1924?
4 to 62
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What % of people voted pro-republican parties in 1924?
61%
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How many coalition cabinets were there between Nov 1923-March 1930?
7
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Who was Chancellor during the 1929-1920 Grand Coalition?
Muller
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What % of the vote did Hindenburg win in the 1925 election?
48.3%
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What is the policy of fulfilment?
Germany cooperating with France, Britain and the US on the TOV issues, in the hope that this would make them reverse the treaty
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How did Stressemann improve German foreign policy?
1925 Locarno Pact, 1926 Treaty of Berlin, 1928 Kellogg-Briand pact
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By what year were occupied forces out of all zones of the Rhineland?
1930
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What year were Germany allowed to join the League of Nations?
1936
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What year was the Barmat Scandal?
1925
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Name the ways Stressemann stabilised the economy 1923-1929.
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Ended passive resistance. Issued a new currency (rentenmark). Balanced the budget by cutting expenditure and raising taxes. 1924 Dawes Plan. 1929 Young Plan.
Card 3
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What did strikes reduce to 1924-1926?
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Card 4
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How many dwellings were built in 1925?
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Card 5
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How much did wages increase in 1927?
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